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Saturday, June 22, 2013

The Sri Lankan government
plans to bring in legislation to regulate International schools and private
schools to follow national educational policies and conform to national
standards.

According
to the government a number of these schools function as companies and
registered as business ventures under the Board of Investment or Companies Act.

The
government says therefore, it is necessary to bring in amendments to existing
rules and regulations for the effective functioning of the international
schools and private schools in keeping with the needs of the country.

Sri Lanka Minister
of Education Bandula Gunawardena has made a proposal to the cabinet to proceed
with necessary changes in the legislation and the cabinet has approved
Minister's proposal.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

It is planned to absorb foreign Buddhist
Bikkhus to follow degree courses at the Anuradhapura Buddhasravaka Bikkhu
University. They can study Buddhist studies, Pali, Sanskrit etc at the
university.

Arrangements are in place to establish two
academic faculties affiliated to the Anuradhapura Buddhasravaka University in
China. This will improve relations with China, said Anuradhapura Buddhasravaka
Bikkhu University Mahopadyaya (Vice Chancellor) Ven Professor Thumbulle
Seelakkandha Nayaka Thera.

The new building complexes and the student
Bikkhus' lodge will be commissioned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on June 22.
The government spent Rs 352 million for the buildings.

The prelate said in keeping with the Mahinda
Chinthanaya, the University is hoisted to the position of a prestigious
institute with international recognition.

He said the Bikkhu University housed in an
old building complex in the sacred city of Anuradhapura was in the process of
being shifted to a 13 acre land on the banks of Malwathu oya. The Thera said
the estimated cost for the new university complex is Rs 1,300 million.

“It is our intention to bestow a well read,
highly educated and well behaved young Bikkhu generation capable of propagating
the teachings of Buddha in the country and world,” the Thera said.

The government spends Rs 350,000 for the
maintenance of one student Bikkhu at the Buddhasravaka Bikkhu University
annually whereas in other universities in the country it is threefold,” the
Nayake Thera said.

He said the student capacity is 200 and it
will be increased to 400.

Under the recruitment of foreign Bikkhu
students, Bikkhus from Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Tibet etc
will be facilitated to follow degree courses at the Bikkhu University.

The Nayake Thera said the construction of the
University's language studies faculty building will be completed soon along
with the library building.

The construction of three more student
hostels, Dhana sala, auditorium and shrine room will follow. CDN

The Supreme Court yesterday
set aside the restriction imposed on a student union activist suspended from
sitting for the the final examination for the third academic year in the
Sanaragamuwa University and granted interim relief in allowing the applicant to
sit for the examination.

The petitioner is Madawala
Liyanage Sampath Kumara. The respondents cited are Vice Chancellor of the
university and 18 others. The petitioner alleges that university authorities have
imposed continuous restrictions on students union activities by way of
arbitrary by laws. Furthermore , the university authorities have imposed
restrictions on student meetings stipulating that such meetings could be held
only once a week.

The petitioner prays for a
writ of certiorari quashing the decision suspending him from the examination.
Furthermore, to grant a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to allow the
petitioner to sit for the examination. To issue an interim order directing the
respondents to allow the petitioner to sit for the examination. Extract from DailyNews

Monday, June 17, 2013

Shashipaba Randimali Gunawardene female student of Colombo University who jumped off the fifth floor of a
university building died while receiving treatment at the Colombo National
Hospital.

The
student had passed away at around 2.30am this morning (June 18), Hospital
sources stated.

She
was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital after jumping off the fifth floor
of a university building last morning and was receiving treatment at the Intensive
Care Unit (ICU).

The
student was a resident of Lunugamwehera and was a first year student of the
Science faculty. She joined the university in May 2013, Police stated while she
had jumped off the building at 9.30am yesterday. Police stated that the reason
behind her action has not been ascertained yet.